So he offered one on eBay, an Internet marketplace.
VOA: special.2010.07.20
She led the online marketplace eBay.
VOA: special.2010.06.12
This represents 19% of global e-Commerce and just 2% of global commerce, leaving generous room for upside. eBay itself is becoming a formidable third-party reseller or marketplace ala Amazon in its own right. eBay has moved beyond a person-to-person auction site to become a formidable marketplace and mobile payment platform. eBay has appreciated from its IPO over 7, 000%.
Over the years, I've heard repeatedly from small business owners who sell in the eBaymarketplace and other online channels that expanding Internet sales taxes to all transactions would hurt their ability to grow or create jobs and to fuel the price and service competition that creates value for consumers.
Contrast this with Amazon Marketplace and eBay, where the merchant share is treated as a pass-through and only transaction fees are recorded as revenue.